Chaos at water park as gunman opens fire on kids injuring at least 5 – EVOL

A tense standoff has erupted on a residential Detroit street after a gunman opened fire on up to 10 people before fleeing to a nearby home. 

Chaos broke out at a family splashpad in Rochester Hills in Michigan at around 5pm Saturday as up to 28 rounds were fired in quick succession, injuring children as young as eight-years-old.

The gunman then holed up in a nearby home within half a mile of the splash pad, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told Local 4 in a press conference. He added that police were working on getting a warrant to access the property. 

‘It appears very random with no connectivity between the victims,’ Bouchard explained.

Bouchard added that the gunman ‘pulled up, exited a vehicle, approached the splash pad, opened fire, reloaded, opened fire, reloaded. And then left.’ 

As of early Saturday evening, police had cornered the gunman in the home, and said they were communicating with them in a tense standoff. 

Police were on the scene within two minutes of the attack after a deputy was alerted to gunshots having been fired through the use of the city’s new 911 tech.

Details of the condition of the victims is

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